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Student retention and success. The assessment of student retention in Table 2.2 (Appendix 1) showed that the University was similar to sector average for most HESA retention benchmarks, and was significantly better for some categories of mature entrants. However, there was a marked difference between young first degree entrants from low participation neighbourhoods and those from other neighbourhoods and retention rates for entrants on other undergraduate programmes and those on first degree programmes. The HESA projected learning outcomes for full-time students starting first degree courses were also poorer than we would wish. The University’s performance in employment indicators, especially leavers obtaining first degrees and the DLHE indicator for graduate respondents in graduate level employment is another aspect of student success that we are working to improve. We plan to invest a proportion of additional Access Agreement funding from 20102/13 to increase our efforts to support students through their studies and on into graduate-level employment, which will be strategically managed through a new Student Experience Advisory Group.